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I'm guessing Truro_England probably doesn't spent too much time in his fair city.
This must be Truro where the rivers run with gold, and the population sing merry songs whilst driving their diamond-encrusted cars.
Or perhaps a city with:
2 of the worst estates in Cornwall for crime,
A large population on the dole,
2 glassings in the last 2 months in one nightclub, alongside violent incidents in town every weekend,
Home of infamous drug dealers and associated families (see the last few weeks papers).
Unfortunately Cornwall (for the majority) as a whole is minefield of out-of-work people and families struggling to make ends meet.
Truro isn't a shining beacon of tranquility I'm afraid....

I think the trouble is as well, the security guards get paid a hourly rate of around 7 p/h. I appreciate yes its a job, but I would not like to be smacked in the mouth for this salary and also have to attend court to give evidence and see someone get a let off.

I find it incomprehensible that Tesco is such a huge company and have to resort to the intervention of our police force to use under cover officers to deter shoplifting . This is public tax payers money and should not be used for this purpose. Police have a duty of care to protecting the public and should be tackling the escalation of serious crime around Cornwall. I have no issues with Tesco or any other supermarkets on how they operate their business plans, however, it is the responsibility of every supermarket to employ their own security teams. With such drastic cuts to the police force it really is appalling that the so called common sense approach is vast disappearing !! Shirley Sweeney

Thought police were not meant to be private corporation or company police, do not think they are allowed to do this as they are public servant employed by the public and should not supplement private companies security even if Tesco ask them to